Where to Find Business Data
This page features tools and sources for finding data related to business, economics, markets, industries, companies, and consumers. Some are library databases, while others are open public sources, or tools only available to Lerner College faculty, staff, and students with access provided by the Lerner College.
Library Databases with Business Data
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Statista This link opens in a new window
Data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest and markets.
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Passport This link opens in a new window
You must be a current UD student, faculty, or staff member to use this database. A valid UDNetID and password are required.
A global market research database providing statistics, analysis, reports, surveys and breaking news on industries, countries and consumers.
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Mergent Intellect This link opens in a new window
Provides access to private and public U.S and international business data, industry news, facts and figures, executive contact information, and industry profiles.
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PitchBook This link opens in a new window
You must be a current UD student, faculty, or staff member to use this database. A valid UDNetID and password are required.
Includes company profiles, news and data for private equity, venture capital, and mergers and acquisitions research.
Funding for this resource is provided by the University's Office of Economic Innovation and Partnerships and Horn Entrepreneurship.
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Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Full-text for thousands of journals, covering all disciplines of business. (Coverage: Varies according to journal, some back to 1922.)
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Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Full-text information from news, business, and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790. Though not required, you have the option to create a personal account that will give you access to special features such as alerts, saved searches, folders, history, annotations and more.
Public and Government Data Sources
These resources are free and open to anyone.
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Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)U.S. economic indicators including GDP, income, trade, and investment.
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Data.govA collection of the U.S. Government's open data
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EDGAR (via SEC.gov)Public company filings (10-K, 10-Q, etc.) that include financials, risks, and operational data.
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Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)Interactive charts and time series for U.S. and international economic indicators.
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FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)U.S. and global economic time series (GDP, interest rates, inflation, etc.)
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ResearchDataGovResearchDataGov makes it easier to access protected data sets. It is a web portal for discovering and requesting access to restricted microdata from federal statistical agencies.
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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)Find statistics about employment, productivity, wages by area and industry, prices, and consumer spending
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U.S. Census BureauData on demographics, business patterns, consumer spending, and population statistics.
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World Bank Open DataGlobal economic indicators, development data, and finance statistics by country
Open Data Repositories
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Dryad Digital RepositoryThe Dryad Digital Repository is a curated resource that makes research data discoverable, freely reusable, and citable. Dryad provides a general-purpose home for a wide diversity of data types.
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FigshareA repository where users can make all of their research outputs available in a citable, shareable and discoverable manner.
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Google Dataset SearchA Google search engine for datasets.
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Google Public Data ExplorerFree large data sets that are easy to explore, visualize and communicate.
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Harvard Dataverse RepositoryA free data repository open to all researchers from any discipline, both inside and outside of the Harvard community, where you can share, archive, cite, access, and explore research data.
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KaggleKaggle is a subsidiary of Google where users can find and publish data sets.
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OpenAlexAn open index of scholarly articles, authors, institutions, and more, designed to facilitate research and discovery.
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Open Science Framework (OSF)An open source project management platform that many researchers use as a long-term data repository.
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ZenodoA multi-disciplinary open repository maintained by CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research.
Lerner College Research Databases
These tools are available through Lerner IT's Research Services & Databases and require special access.
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Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS)Large-scale datasets for finance, accounting, banking, and economics research. Lerner subscribes to the WRDS network, which provides web access to most of our data. To request access to the WRDS-delivered databases below, please contact your professor.
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CompustatCompany-level financial and market data (North America+Legacy+Annual Updates, Bank, Historical Segments, Execucomp, Marginal Tax Rates, Tools)
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CRSPHistorical stock price and return data.
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Audit AnalyticsPublic company audit and compliance data.
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Bloomberg TerminalPlatform for real-time financial market data, company information, news, and analytics used by finance professionals. Access is in-person only. Contact Lerner IT for access and support.